Awards

Flinn-Hart award to Dr. Spengler

Invited, Plenary and Keynote presentations

Irifune, T., Introduction of GRC and the global COE program on Deep Earth Mineralogy, IAMP Seminar, IAMP, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China, June 1, 2011

Irifune, T., Synthesis, properties, and applications of ultrahard nano-polycrystalline diamond (HIME-DIA), Sichuan University, Sichuan, China, May 31, 2011

Tsuchiya, T., Ab initio study on the high-P,T phase relations and elasticity of iron and iron-light element systems), Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2011, Chiba, Japan, May 26, 2011.

Irifune, T., Kono, Y., Higo, Y., Nishiyama, N., Fate of stagnant slabs: Constraints from density and sound velocities of pyrolite and subducted slab materials, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2011, Chiba, Japan, May 25, 2011

Irifune, T., New Developments in systhesis and application of ultrahard nanopolycrystalline diamond, Geophysical Laboratory Seminar, Geophysical Laboratory of The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, USA, April 25, 2011.

Research Papers

Yamada, A., Inoue, T., Urakawa, S., Funakoshi, K., Funamori, N., Kikegawa, T., Irifune, T. (2011): In situ X-ray diffraction study on pressure-induced structural changes in hydrous forsterite and enstatite melts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 308(1-2), 115-123, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.036[LINK]

Ishikawa, T., Tsuchiya, T., Tsuchiya, J. (2011): Stacking-disorder phase of iron in the Earth's inner core from first principles, Phys. Rev. B, 83, 212101, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.212101[LINK]

Nakamoto, Y., Sakata, M., Sumiya, H., Shimizu, K., Irifune, T., Matsuoka, T., Ohishi, Y., (2011): High-pressure generation using nano-polycrystalline diamonds as anvil materials, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82（6), 066104, doi:10.1063/1.3600794[LINK]

Hirai, H., Komatsu, K., Honda, M., Kawamura,T., Yamamoto, Y., Yagi, T. (2011) Existence of a new high-pressure phase of CO₂ hydrate and lattice expansion with cage-occupancy change of sI structure under lower temperature and high pressure, Phys. Chem. Ice 2010, 209-214

Mibe, K., Kawamoto, T., Matsukage, K.N., Fei, Y., Ono, S. (2011): Slab melting versus slab dehydration in subduction-zone magmatism. PNAS, 108(20), 8177-8182, doi:10.1073/pnas.1010968108[LINK]

Fang, L., Ohfuji, H., Shinmei, T., Irifune, T. (2011): Experimental study on the stability of graphitic C₃N₄ under high pressure and high temperature, Dia. Rel. Mater., 20(5-6), 819-825, doi:10.1016/j.diamond.2011.03.034[LINK]

Machida, S., Hirai, H., Kawamura, T., Yamamoto, Y. and Yagi, T. (2011): Intermolecular interactions between hydrogen and water molecules in filled ice structures for deuterated hydrogen hydrate under high pressure, Phys. Chem. Ice2010, 111-116

Machida, S., Hirai, H., Kawamura, T., Yamamoto, Y. and Yagi, T. (2011): Isotopic effect and amorphisation of deuterated hydrogen hydrate under high pressure, Phys. Rev. B, 83(14), 144101, 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.144101[LINK]

Chen, Y., He, D., Qin, J., Kou, Z. and Bi, Y., (2011): Ultrasonic and hardness measurements for ultrahigh pressure prepared WB ceramics, Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater., 29(2), 329-331, doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2010.12.006[LINK]

Ohuchi, T., Karato, S. and Fujino, K., Strength of single-crystal orthopyroxene under lithospheric conditions, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 161(6), 961-975, doi:10.1007/s00410-010-0574-3[LINK]

Liu, X., Liu, W., He, Q., Deng, L., Wang, H., He, D., Li, B. (2011): Isotropic thermal expansivity and anisotropic compressibility of ReB₂, Chin. Phys. Lett, , 28, 036401, doi: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/3/036401[LINK]

Liu, W., Whitaker, M. L., Liu, Q., Wang, L., Nishiyama, N., Wang, Y., Kubo, K., Duffy, T. S., Li, B. (2011): Thermal equation of state of CaIrO₃ post-perovskite, Phys. Chem. Mineral., 38(5), 407-417, doi: 10.1007/s00269-010-0414-z[LINK]

Lin, Z., Zhang, J., Li, B., Wang, H., Mao, K., Hemley, R., Zhao, Y. (2011): Superhard and tough diamond/WC nanocomposites, Appl. Phys. Lett., 98(12), 121914-121914-3, doi:10.1063/1.3570645[LINK]

Dekura, H., Tsuchiya, T. and Tsuchiya, J., (2011): First principles prediction of post-pyrite phase transitions in germanium dioxide, Phys. Rev. B. 83, 134114, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.134114[LINK]

Ohuchi, T., Kawazoe, T., Nishihara, Y., Nishiyama, N. and Irifune, T. (2011): High pressure and temperature fabric transitions in olivine and variations in upper mantle seismic anisotropy, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 304(1-2), 55-63, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.015 [LINK]

Gréaux, S., Nishiyama, N., Kono, Y., Gautron, L., Ohfuji, H., Kunimoto, T., Menguy, N. and Irifune, T. (2011): Phase transformations of Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ grossular garnet to the depths of the Earth's mantle transition zone, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 185(3-4), 89-99, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2011.02.001[LINK]

Matsushita, M., Nakano, S., Ohfuji, H., Yamada, I., Kikegawa, T. (2011): Volume and structural study of Fe₆₄Mn₃₆ anti-ferromagnetic Invar alloy under high pressure. J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 323(6), 838-841, doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.11.029 [LINK]